January 5

Social 30-1

I returned your Unit 3 essays today, and talked a fair bit about them. I gave you some reminders about upcoming important dates, and information related to your Diploma Exam. Please remember that you have your Unit 3 Final Exam tomorrow, please see the study guide here. You also have your Comprehensive Final Exam next Wednesday. I will treat this final exam similar to how the Math Department gives you a "trial final". The results of the Comprehensive Final will count, but I will allow you to use that mark to take out your lowest mark that you received on a test over the course of the semester. On Thursday, I will have a print out that will show you your lowest test result so you can see what test will be replaced with your Comprehensive Final Exam result.

Social 10-1

We watched a short video from the CBC News in Review series that looked at global food prices, and then I went through a PowerPoint presentation that corresponds to Chapter 17 material (with some supplementary material as well) called "The Effects of Globalization on Individuals and Communities". I didn't finish this presentation with either class, but I will be sending it off by e-mail tonight. Please study for your Chapter 15-16 Test tonight. Make sure that you read the article on "Human Rights in a Globalized World" and study the section on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in the "Quality of Life, Human Rights and Democratization" PowerPoint presentation. Please see the complete study guide for this test here. You also have Part A of your Final Exam on Thursday during class time, it is a three source analysis question. You will have 10 minutes to brainstorm with classmates and 60 minutes to write it.